claim+for

claim for compensation

pedido de indenização.

1) (to say that something is a fact: He claims to be the best runner in the class.) alegar

2) (to demand as a right: You must claim your money back if the goods are damaged.) exigir

3) (to state that one is the owner of: Does anyone claim this book?) reclamar

1) (a statement (that something is a fact): Her claim that she was the millionaire's daughter was disproved.) pretensão

2) ((a demand for) a payment of compensation etc: a claim for damages against her employer.) reclamação

3) (a demand for something which (one says) one owns or has a right to: a rightful claim to the money.) reivindicação

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- claimant

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[kleim] n 1 reivindicação, pretensão. 2 direito, título. she has a claim to my care / ela tem direito ao meu amparo. 3 objeto de reclamação ou de reivindicação. 4 Amer terra demarcada para exploração (por garimpeiro). 5 asserção, alegação. • vt+vi 1 reclamar, reivindicar, ter pretensão sobre, requerer seu direito. 2 alegar, pretextar, afirmar. he claims to have told the truth / ele afirma ter dito a verdade. 3 declarar como fato, sustentar. 4 clamar. claim as per accounts débito escriturado. claim department seção de reclamações. claim for compensation pedido de indenização. I have many claims on my time meu tempo é muito escasso. to claim against proceder contra, apresentar queixa contra. to give up all claims renunciar a todas as pretensões. to jump a claim tomar terras que outra pessoa já requereu como suas. to lay claim to dar entrada à petição de. he laid claim to an indemnity / ele apresentou um pedido de indenização.

1) (to say that something is a fact: He claims to be the best runner in the class.) afirmar

2) (to demand as a right: You must claim your money back if the goods are damaged.) reclamar

3) (to state that one is the owner of: Does anyone claim this book?) reivindicar

1) (a statement (that something is a fact): Her claim that she was the millionaire's daughter was disproved.) afirmação

2) ((a demand for) a payment of compensation etc: a claim for damages against her employer.) reclamação

3) (a demand for something which (one says) one owns or has a right to: a rightful claim to the money.) reivindicação

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- claimant

1) (to use a pushing motion (against): Press the bell twice!; The children pressed close to their mother.) comprimir(-se)

2) (to squeeze; to flatten: The grapes are pressed to extract the juice.) espremer

3) (to urge or hurry: He pressed her to enter the competition.) pressionar

4) (to insist on: The printers are pressing their claim for higher pay.) insistir em

5) (to iron: Your trousers need to be pressed.) passar a ferro

1) (an act of pressing: He gave her hand a press; You had better give your shirt a press.) pressão

2) ((also printing-press) a printing machine.) prensa

3) (newspapers in general: It was reported in the press; ( also adjective) a press photographer.) imprensa

4) (the people who work on newspapers and magazines; journalists: The press is/are always interested in the private lives of famous people.) imprensa

5) (a device or machine for pressing: a wine-press; a flower-press.) espremedor

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- pressing

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[pres] n 1 multidão, turba. 2 apinhamento, aperto. 3 pressão. 4 prensa. 5 lagar. 6 prelo, máquina de impressão. 7 imprensa, jornalismo. 8 haltere. 9 armário, armário de cozinha. 10 urgência, premência, pressa. • vt+vi 1 comprimir, premer. 2 apertar, empurrar, pressionar. 3 forçar, compelir. 4 impor. 5 acometer, acossar, assediar. 6 oprimir, afligir. 7 prensar, espremer. 8 passar a ferro. 9 fazer pressão sobre. 10 apressar, estimular. 11 exigir, reclamar, demandar. freedom/ liberty of press liberdade de imprensa. in the press no prelo ou para a imprensa. press of sail Naut todo o pano (vela). to correct the press corrigir provas. to go to the press ir para o prelo. to have a good press ser bem recebido pela crítica. to press a button apertar um botão. to press ahead/ forward/on continuar energicamente apesar das dificuldades. to send to press mandar imprimir.

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[pres] vt recrutar à força.

1) (to use a pushing motion (against): Press the bell twice!; The children pressed close to their mother.) apertar(-se)

2) (to squeeze; to flatten: The grapes are pressed to extract the juice.) espremer

3) (to urge or hurry: He pressed her to enter the competition.) pressionar

4) (to insist on: The printers are pressing their claim for higher pay.) insistir em

5) (to iron: Your trousers need to be pressed.) passar a ferro

1) (an act of pressing: He gave her hand a press; You had better give your shirt a press.) pressão, aperto

2) ((also printing-press) a printing machine.) impressora, prelo

3) (newspapers in general: It was reported in the press; ( also adjective) a press photographer.) imprensa

4) (the people who work on newspapers and magazines; journalists: The press is/are always interested in the private lives of famous people.) imprensa

5) (a device or machine for pressing: a wine-press; a flower-press.) prensa, espremedor

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noun (a person who makes a claim: a claimant to the throne.) pretendente

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[kl'eimənt] n 1 pretendente, requerente, demandante. 2 reivindicador. I am a claimant for tenho pretensões sobre.

1) (already arranged for the same time: a prior engagement.) prévio

2) (more important: She gave up her job as she felt her family had a prior claim on her attention.) mais importante

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- priority

- priory

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[pr'aiə] n prior.

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[pr'aiə] adj 1 anterior, antecedente, prévio. 2 mais importante, mais forte. a prior condition uma condição prévia. prior to antes de. the prior claim direito de prioridade.

- at stake

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[steik] n 1 estaca, poste, mourão, suporte, fueiro. 2 poste em que se amarravam e queimavam pessoas, queimadeiro, fogueira, execução por queimação. • vt 1 fixar, segurar em poste ou estaca, empalar, estaquear. 2 Amer marcar, delimitar com estacas. to stake a claim fazer valer direitos. to stake in fixar com estaca. to stake out demarcar (terra).

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[steik] n 1 aposta, dinheiro apostado. he swept the stakes / ele ganhou a bolada. 2 prêmio (de corrida ou competição esportiva). 3 risco, interesse, parte, ação. he has a stake in the project / ele tem interesse no projeto. • vt apostar. at stake em jogo, em risco. there is too much at stake / tem muito em jogo. cumulative stake prêmio acumulado. to pull up stakes coll mudar-se. to stake out a claim to something sl reclamar o direito a algo. to stake someone to something Amer sl emprestar, financiar.

1) (to ask or ask for firmly and sharply: I demanded an explanation.) exigir

2) (to require or need: This demands careful thought.) exigir

1) (a request made so that it sounds like a command: They refused to meet the workers' demands for more money.) exigência

2) (an urgent claim: The children make demands on my time.) exigência

3) (willingness or desire to buy or obtain (certain goods etc); a need for (certain goods etc): There's no demand for books of this kind.) procura

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[dim'a:nd] n 1 demanda, pretensão, exigência, reclamação. 2 investigação. 3 requerimento. 4 informação. 5 Com grande saída, necessidade. 6 reivindicação. • vt 1 pedir, exigir, requerer, reclamar, ter necessidade de, ir à procura de. 2 interpelar, perguntar, demandar. 3 intentar ação judicial contra, litigar, pleitear. 4 insistir em. demand and supply oferta e procura. demand for procura de, saída de. demand upon direito a. in demand, in great demand muito procurado. on demand contra apresentação.

1) (to ask or ask for firmly and sharply: I demanded an explanation.) exigir

2) (to require or need: This demands careful thought.) exigir

1) (a request made so that it sounds like a command: They refused to meet the workers' demands for more money.) reivindicação

2) (an urgent claim: The children make demands on my time.) exigência

3) (willingness or desire to buy or obtain (certain goods etc); a need for (certain goods etc): There's no demand for books of this kind.) demanda

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1) (to prepare (a building, city etc) for an attack by strengthening and arming it: The king fortified the castle against the attacking armies.) fortificar

2) (to strengthen or enrich (eg food, drink): Sherry is a fortified wine.) fortificar

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- fortification

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[f'ɔ:tifai] vt+vi (ps, pp fortified) 1 fortificar, fortalecer, guarnecer de fortes ou fortalezas, robustecer, reforçar, animar, encorajar, corroborar, confirmar. I fortify myself against / eu me armei contra. 2 adicionar álcool ao vinho. 3 enriquecer (alimentos de vitaminas). a claim fortified by facts uma afirmação confirmada por fatos.

1) (right and fair: not favouring one more than another: a fair and just decision.) justo

2) (reasonable; based on one's rights: He certainly has a just claim to the money.) justo

3) (deserved: He got his just reward when he crashed the stolen car and broke his leg.) merecido

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- justly

1) ((often with as) exactly or precisely: This penknife is just what I needed; He was behaving just as if nothing had happened; The house was just as I'd remembered it.) justamente

2) ((with as) quite: This dress is just as nice as that one.) exactamente

3) (very lately or recently: He has just gone out of the house.) agora mesmo

4) (on the point of; in the process of: She is just coming through the door.) mesmo agora

5) (at the particular moment: The telephone rang just as I was leaving.) mesmo

6) ((often with only) barely: We have only just enough milk to last till Friday; I just managed to escape; You came just in time.) à justa

7) (only; merely: They waited for six hours just to get a glimpse of the Queen; `Where are you going?' `Just to the post office'; Could you wait just a minute?) só

8) (used for emphasis, eg with commands: Just look at that mess!; That just isn't true!; I just don't know what to do.) absolutamente

9) (absolutely: The weather is just marvellous.) mesmo

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- just about

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[dʒ∧st] adj 1 justo, imparcial equitativo. 2 probo, íntegro. 3 justificável, razoável, merecido. 4 legal, lícito, legítimo. 5 adequado, oportuno. 6 correto, exato. 7 verdadeiro, verídico. • adv 1 exatamente, perfeitamente. it is just three o’clock / são exatamente três horas. that’s just it! / exatamente assim! I just knew it / eu o sabia exatamente. this hat is just you / este chapéu é parecido com você, é a sua cara. 2 quase, agora mesmo. 3 há pouco, daqui a pouco. he’s just gone / ele acaba de sair. 4 por mínima margem, por pouco. 5 somente, meramente. just let me pass! / deixem-me ainda (ou apenas) passar! just tell me / diga-me apenas. 6 coll positivamente, realmente. I just won’t do it / de forma nenhuma vou fazê-lo. it was just marvellous! / era realmente magnífico! 7 no mesmo momento. just as he came / no momento em que chegou. just as I had left, it began to rain / mal tinha saído, começou a chover. a just distinction uma justa distinção. I was just sure at it senti absoluta certeza. just about a) quase. b) quase não. just a moment! um momento, por favor! just beyond mais adiante. just in case no caso de, na hipótese de. just now agora mesmo. just so! certamente! just then naquele momento. just the same apesar disso, todavia. just two hours apenas ou exatamente duas horas. that is just as well coll isto é a mesmíssima coisa.

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[dʒ∧st] n, vi = link=joust joust.

1) (to ask for (something one owns which has been lost, stolen etc and found by someone else): A wallet has been found and can be reclaimed at the manager's office.) recuperar

2) (to make (wasteland) fit for use; to get back (land) from under the sea etc by draining etc.) recuperar

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- reclamation

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[rikl'eim] n 1 ato ou ação de reclamar ou ser reclamado, reclamação. 2 melhoria da terra. • vt 1 reformar (uma pessoa, erro, costume, vício), corrigir, recuperar. 2 civilizar, domesticar, amansar. 3 lavrar, cultivar. 4 reclamar, reivindicar, exigir em devolução, recuperar. 5 regenerar (materiais). beyond reclaim irrecuperável.

1) (right and fair: not favouring one more than another: a fair and just decision.) justo

2) (reasonable; based on one's rights: He certainly has a just claim to the money.) justo

3) (deserved: He got his just reward when he crashed the stolen car and broke his leg.) justo

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1) ((often with as) exactly or precisely: This penknife is just what I needed; He was behaving just as if nothing had happened; The house was just as I'd remembered it.) exatamente

2) ((with as) quite: This dress is just as nice as that one.) exatamente

3) (very lately or recently: He has just gone out of the house.) há pouco

4) (on the point of; in the process of: She is just coming through the door.) justamente

5) (at the particular moment: The telephone rang just as I was leaving.) no momento em que

6) ((often with only) barely: We have only just enough milk to last till Friday; I just managed to escape; You came just in time.) justamente

7) (only; merely: They waited for six hours just to get a glimpse of the Queen; `Where are you going?' `Just to the post office'; Could you wait just a minute?) só, apenas

8) (used for emphasis, eg with commands: Just look at that mess!; That just isn't true!; I just don't know what to do.) simplesmente

9) (absolutely: The weather is just marvellous.) absolutamente

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- just about

1) (to (cause to) go quickly off the ground with a springing movement: He jumped off the wall / across the puddle / over the fallen tree / into the swimming-pool; Don't jump the horse over that fence!) saltar

2) (to rise; to move quickly (upwards): She jumped to her feet; He jumped into the car.) saltar

3) (to make a startled movement: The noise made me jump.) saltar

4) (to pass over (a gap etc) by bounding: He jumped the stream easily.) saltar

1) (an act of jumping: She crossed the stream in one jump.) salto

2) (an obstacle to be jumped over: Her horse fell at the third jump.) salto

3) (a jumping competition: the high jump.) prova de salto

4) (a startled movement: She gave a jump when the door suddenly banged shut.) salto

5) (a sudden rise, eg in prices: There has been a jump in the price of potatoes.) subida

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[dʒ∧mp] n 1 salto, pulo. he gave a jump / ele deu um pulo. 2 Sport obstáculo. the horse took the jump / o cavalo tomou o obstáculo. 3 distância vencida num pulo ou fig numa viagem. 4 Sport salto de altura, de distância ou ornamental. 5 estremecimento, sobressalto. 6 Checkers conquista de uma peça do adversário, comida. 7 subida repentina de preço. 8 mudança súbita. 9 sl coréia, delirium tremens (com the). • vt+vi 1 saltar, pular. 2 saltitar, transpor, passar pulando. 3 fazer saltar, treinar saltos (cavalos). 4 estremecer, sobressaltar. 5 mover(-se) repentinamente. 6 aumentar, subir (preços). 7 Checkers capturar uma peça, comer. 8 Bridge superar a licitação. 9 Amer sl evadir-se, escapar (cadeia). 10 Amer sl saltar para ou de um trem em movimento. 11 Mus tocar jazz em ritmo acelerado. l2 Jour continuar a matéria em outra página. 13 Jour indicar o número de página da ou na qual a matéria continua. 14 mudar, passar repentinamente de uma coisa para outra. 15 pular, saltar, interromper a continuidade de ação (filme). 16 Amer sl praticar sexo, Braz vulg foder, trepar. 17 descarrilar. the train jumped the rails / o trem descarrilou. broad jump Sport salto de extensão. don’t jump at (or to) conclusions não tire conclusões precipitadas. don’t jump down my throat! não me interrompa tão rudemente! from the jump Amer de antemão, de início. high jump salto de altura. jumped-up Brit coll convencido, pretensioso. on the jump coll ocupado, ativo. to be (or stay) on jump ahead passar a perna. to get (or have) the jump on conseguir uma vantagem sobre. to jump a claim ocupar um lote de terreno reivindicado por outrem. to jump at aceitar avidamente. he jumped at the proposal / ele aceitou a proposta avidamente. to jump back recuar. to jump bail Jur ser revel, fugir estando sob fiança. to jump down pular para baixo. to jump in intrometer-se, interromper. to jump off Mil sair para um ataque. to jump on a) criticar, acusar. b) ralhar. to jump out pular para fora. to jump ship desertar de um navio. to jump someone atacar, agredir alguém. to jump the gun sl a) começar a corrida antes do sinal de partida. b) começar algo antes do tempo. c) chegar a uma conclusão prematura. to jump the queue furar a fila, passar à frente antes da sua vez. to jump the track saltar dos trilhos. to jump up levantar-se de repente. to jump up and down ficar agitado de contentamento ou tristeza. triple jump salto tríplice.

1) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) pousar

2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) deitar

3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) preparar

4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) achatar

5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) aplacar

6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) pôr

7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) apostar

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- layer

- layabout

1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) laico

2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) leigo

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- layman

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[lei] n 1 situação, posição, configuração. 2 postura. 3 camada. 4 parte nos lucros, quinhão. 5 ramo de negócios, atividade, ocupação, emprego. 6 vulg ato sexual. 7 vulg parceiro no ato sexual. • vt+vi (ps and pp laid) 1 derrubar, deitar, prostrar, abater. 2 pôr, colocar, assentar. 3 acalmar ou fazer desaparecer, exorcizar, conjurar, aplacar. 4 deitar em posição de repouso, depositar, pousar, estender. 5 dispor, planejar, preparar, arranjar. 6 imputar, atribuir. the crime is being laid to her / o crime está sendo atribuído a ela. 7 apresentar (queixa, protesto). 8 sl ter relações sexuais. 9 enterrar. 10 apontar (armas). 11 localizar(-se). the scene is laid in New York / a cena se passa em Nova York. lay of the land 1 configuração do terreno. 2 estado de coisas. to lay about. a) distribuir socos a esmo. b) atacar com socos ou palavras. to lay a claim to reclamar, reivindicar. to lay an ambush preparar uma emboscada. to lay aside/ away a) pôr de lado, separar, guardar para uso futuro. b) deixar de, largar, abandonar. to lay a tax impor um imposto. to lay bare a) revelar. b) despir, desnudar. to lay before exibir, mostrar, exprimir. to lay blows dar pancadas, socos. to lay bricks assentar tijolos. to lay by economizar, guardar. to lay by the heels aprisionar, prender. to lay down a) depositar, pousar no chão, deitar. b) depor (armas). c) declarar, afirmar. d) pagar, apostar. e) formular, traçar. f) reservar, guardar, armazenar. g) sacrificar. h) construir. to lay down one’s arms render-se. to lay down one’s life sacrificar a vida. to lay down the law repreender com severidade. to lay eggs pôr ovos. to lay fast agarrar e segurar firmemente. to lay fire pôr fogo. to lay hands on a) pôr mãos à obra. b) tocar. c) assaltar. d) agarrar. to lay hands upon oneself suicidar-se. to lay heads together deliberar, conferenciar. to lay hold of/on agarrar, prender, segurar. to lay in armazenar, pôr em estoque. to lay into bater, espancar. to lay it on exagerar bastante. to lay it to one’s door atribuir a culpa a outrem. to lay off a) despedir empregados, cortar pessoal. b) parar. to lay on a) impor, infligir. b) golpear. c) instalar. to lay open a) expor, descobrir. b) explicar. to lay out a) dispor, arranjar, projetar, traçar. b) mostrar, expor. c) gastar, desembolsar. d) vestir defunto. e) nocautear, pôr fora de combate. to lay over cobrir. to lay plans fazer preparativos ou planos. to lay siege to a) sitiar, cercar. b) importunar, assediar. to lay ten dollars on a horse apostar dez dólares num cavalo. to lay the blame on someone responsabilizar, imputar responsabilidade a alguém. to lay the hands on Eccl impor as mãos. to lay the land perder a terra de vista. to lay the loss at avaliar o prejuízo em. to lay the nap of a cloth alisar a lanugem (pano). to lay the table pôr a mesa. to lay to parar (navio). to lay together a) pôr lado a lado. b) somar. to lay to heart a) sentir profundamente. b) tomar seriamente em consideração. to lay to sleep/ rest enterrar. to lay to the oars remar a toda força. to lay under sujeitar a, submeter. to lay up a) armazenar. b) economizar. c) ficar na cama. d) pôr um navio no dique. to lay wait ficar à espreita, emboscar. to lay waste assolar, devastar.

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[lei] vi ps of lie.

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[lei] n 1 balada. 2 fig canção, canto.

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[lei] adj leigo, secular.

1) (to yield: The general refused to surrender to the enemy; We shall never surrender!) render-se

2) (to give up or abandon: He surrendered his claim to the throne; You must surrender your old passport when applying for a new one.) renunciar

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[sər'endə] n capitulação, rendição, ato de render-se ou entregar-se. • vt capitular, render-se, entregar-se, resignar, abandonar, ceder, renunciar.

1) (already arranged for the same time: a prior engagement.) prévio

2) (more important: She gave up her job as she felt her family had a prior claim on her attention.) prioritário

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- priory